Sewing Canter
Beez Neez now Chy Whella
Big Bear and Pepe Millard
Mon 16 Feb 2015 23:57
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A Gentle Canter on the Sewing Machine
  Finally, no more excuses, out came
the beast, saddled up, girth and stirrups checked,
ready for a gentle start – a new anchor bag for Baby Beez, square and easy.
Meanwhile - and what do we always say about naked
flames on a boat...... my friend was causing a real stink. I’m replacing all the shock cords. You’ll be shocked
in a minute if you don’t take that smell somewhere else. OK I’ll go outside. Don’t you let me hear you
muttering as you scurry away............
 ..........and take the new anchor bag with you.
   Next was the
petrol can cover for Baby Beez. The first design job was a hole for the
filler cap, zig-zag around the hole and the same for
the fuel line.
  Body next. Sew an eyebrow cover for the
filler cap and fuel pipe. Add a yellow
stripe, of course.
  Off Bear went on a rubbish and water run – sporting the
petrol can with its smart new
cover.
 Looks like a nice afternoon out in Bay Beez as we call
it.
  Meanwhile, back
in the sweat-shop I become ‘wellard Millard’, pin what
pin ??? Acupuncture ??? Bear came back and set to work at taking out an old zip. The trouble with salt is that it
gets everywhere and causes all sorts of mischief. Metal zips suffer badly and
have to be replaced every couple of years, despite Bear squirting zip lubricant
oil on them regularly and whizzing them open and closed. This sewing session it
was time to replace the blow up kayak bag and stay sail cover zips. Replacing
the zipper slider on the spare dinghy bag – from metal to plastic. Then some
quickie jobs, a split in a pair of Bears trousers, new elastic for my shorts and
strap repairs to a dress.
 Bear standing on a stool with his head in his potting shed
– don’t ask I didn’t.
 Beez looks like a
she’s been in a mixer.
ALL IN ALL A
GENTLE START
AN INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION HAS
STARTED
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